Thalpophila vitalba

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Thalpophila vitalba
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Thalpophila
Species:
T. vitalba
Binomial name
Thalpophila vitalba
(Freyer, 1834) [1]
Synonyms
  • Hadena vitalbaFreyer, 1834
  • Cerigo amathusiaRambur, 1871

Thalpophila vitalba is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was described by Christian Friedrich Freyer in 1834. It is found in southern Europe and north-western Africa. [2]

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References

  1. "Thalpophila vitalba (Freyer, 1834)". Fauna Europaea.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Thalpophila vitalba (Freyer, 1834)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 13, 2018.